It is a grotesque misapprehension which sees in art no more than a craft comprehensible perfectly only to the craftsman: art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.
If an all-good and all-powerful God created the world, why He created evil?
There is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved.
He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined to ever remain unsatisfied.
The river flowed ominously silent. It was like a great serpent gliding with sluggish movement towards the sea.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
Life is hell anyway, but if there is any fun to be got out of it you’re only a god-damn fool if you don’t get it.
Evil doesn’t spring from good. The evil was there always.
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
You know, my dear child, that one cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.